Legal Opinion
Hegna, Edwena A. v. Islamic Republic
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 2004No. 03-4294PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Edwena A. Hegna, Craig Hegna, Lynn Marie Hegna Moore and Paul Hegna, the plaintiffs-appellants, are the wife and children of Charles Hegna, an American who was murdered during a 1984 terrorist hijacking of a Kuwaiti Airlines flight. The hijacking was undertaken by Hezbollah, a terrorist group sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iranian Ministry of Information and Security (collectively “Iran”). The appellants brought suit under 28 U.S.C. § 1607(a)(7) against Iran in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia seeking money dam ages for the…
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